The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Majescity Real Estate and Investment, Mr Okwuchukwu Okonkwo, has said Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s road projects in rural communities are aiding the growth of real estate business in the State.
Okonkwo said this during a conference on sustainable real estate, hosted on Tuesday in Awka, with the theme: “Building for Tomorrow: The Role of Real Estate in Sustainable Human Development.”
The businessman said access roads were part of the things that drive development in any community, noting that because of road projects in various communities by Soludo, prices of properties in such places have gone up, thereby causing a boom in business for people in real estate.
He added: “This conference is mainly about how to sustain mother earth. We do real estate, we do agriculture and we needed to start the campaign to sensitise people to understand the need for us to save our planet earth.
“Real estate in Anambra is untapped, investors are still coming in. The good road network done by the governor have made people pick interest. Many more companies are coming and the real estate business is booming because many places are being opened up with roads by the governor.”
Earlier, Keynote speaker at the conference, Mr Kelechi Deca, called for concerted efforts for development in the South East.
He said: “We must keep hosting conferences like this in the South East for the development of the region. You cannot take such conferences to other regions where people pay flight, book hotels to attend, and you expect that your society will grow.
“People say the South East has less land mass, but for me, the challenge we have is inability to plan. South East is many times the metropolitan New York City, but there are far more people and buildings there. So we need to plan.
“A society starts dying when their best brains start leaving. We must prioritise this zone and go back to the old time when our leaders created a system that attracted talents. We must create an opportunity where talent would be able to unleash itself.”
The conference was attended by several real estate practitioners, including the Commissioners for Agriculture in Anambra and Enugu States, Mrs Foster Ihejiofor and Patrick Nwabueze Uburu, who was represented by his Special Adviser, Mr Charles Maduka.
The conference featured awards of scholarships to 10 students, free landed properties to two lucky winners and awards best selling real estate agents within the Majescity Real Estate and Investment company.
